PROMISE FOUNDATION, INC.: Helicopter Parents & Kevlar Educators

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Helicopter Parents & Kevlar Educators

The following comment is quote in an introduction to the EdJurist website at http://www.edjurist.com

"For educators and their attorneys to have the requisite information and knowledge, there is a need to define a new class of educators and a new class of lawyers, each attuned to the contextual reality of the other's discipline. Such a new class will establish law-informed educators and leaders who can act preventively to avoid or minimize legal entanglements and proactively to influence both litigation strategy and government policy. Such a class will also establish education-informed lawyers, apprised of both school practices and important educational research and policies, who can work collaboratively and preventively with their clients. " Sarah Redfield, The Convergence of Education and Law: A New Class of Educators and Lawyers, 36 Ind. L. Rev. 609 (2003) (Emphasis added.)

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THE PROMISE FOUNDATION IS:

The Promise Foundation Sandusky is a very small, non-profit community group organized several years ago by a number of families in the northwest Ohio area. The organization's primary purpose is to provide support for families who love and live with one or more disabled family members or family members experiencing some degree of disability. Among other things, this includes the whole scope of special education and the process of addressing the educational needs of children experiencing any degree of disability".

THE PROMISE FOUNDATION IS NOT:

→ a place to get help, or

→ to give or seek advice, or

→ to engage in advocacy, activism, or social change initiatives

Whenever possible and appropriate, we will provide references or links to other organizations and agencies with the resources to address these needs.

Regional Disability History Archive

From the University of Toledo, Disablities Studies website at:
http://www.utoledo.edu/as/disability/historyarchive/index.html

The Regional Disability History Archive
at the University of Toledo:
Documenting the Historical Experience of the Disabled in Northwest Ohio is housed in The University of Toledo Ward M. Canaday Center in the Disability History Archive.
The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections received the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies/National Organization on Disability Award. The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections earned this recognition for their Regional Disability History Archive Project, an effort to chronicle the work of various organizations that have served people with disabilities in northwestern Ohio. This annual award is administered by the National Organization on Disability’s National Partnership Program and is sponsored by Aetna, Inc.